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38% Percent of All Divorces Occur Within the First Five Years

Thirty-eight percent of all divorces occur within the first five years.

However, divorce is spread out through the years of marriage, with over a third of divorces occurring after ten years of marriage.

• 22% of all divorces have occurred within the first 3 years.
• 38% of all divorces have occurred within the first 5 years.
• 65% of all divorces have occurred within the first 10 years.
• 90% of all divorces have occurred within the first 20 years.

Here is another way of looking at the same numbers:

• Percent of all divorces occurring in years 0-3: 22%.
• Percent of all divorces occurring in years 4 & 5: 16%.
• Percent of all divorces occurring in years 6-10: 27%.
• Percent of all divorces occurring in years 11-20: 25%.

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